Javier Sanz

Francisco Javier currently heads the Book & Film Rights department at Planeta Edición, managing the international Rights sales as well as the audiovisual adaptations of the titles published by Grupo Planeta in the different imprints. Madrid-born, graduated in BA at Universidad Complutense, Sanz has 25 years of experience in the contents industry, both in Spain and abroad. For 15 years worked in the music industry, for the Bertelsmann Group (BMG); also within Bertelsmann, had a 2-year long experience in the Cinema & Home video business in Munich, Germany, at Universum Film (an RTL company). Not straying far from the music world, developed the branded entertainment division in Madrid for the OMD/PhD Group, and worked with top brands creating and designing ad hoc contents for them. In 2016 joined the publishing business and moved to Barcelona, assuming his current position at Planeta. Aside from leading the Foreign Rights and book-to-screen business, has been busy coordinating the editorial line of adaptation of Netflix top series such as Élite and La casa de papel (Money heist), that is, the screen-to-book business as well.